Submarine Modelling & Simulation Engineer

RTX; Winnersh; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

Additional holiday + 5 buy/sell days

Discretionary bonus scheme

Flexible benefits with health, dental,

Cycle to Work

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

RTX in the United Kingdom is seeking a Hybrid Submarine Modelling & Simulation Engineer to gather technical data, support DSAT simulations, and collaborate with software and systems teams to ensure fidelity of models and emulations.

The role requires experience with training data, a proactive approach to data acquisition, and a strong foundation in engineering practices within a defence context. Flexible site options include remote, hybrid, or on-site arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proven at sea experience as a Cat A or Cat B Nuclear watchkeeper.
• Desire to learn and apply best engineering practices with training/simulation environment.
• Desirable electrical background. Fwd ME duties.
• Experience operating or configuring simulators for training purposes.
• Knowledge of Agile development processes.
• Experience of git-based version control systems.
• Familiarity with creating and editing structured documents such as JSON or XML Training requirements, design or delivery.
• Member of a Boat Build Crew DE&S/SDA.

Responsibilities

• Work as a member of the wider team responsible for the analysis, design, maintenance, review and production of DSAT Documentation & processes for our Customer’s training sites and organisations.
• Interviewing subject matter experts to collate required data, participate in internal workshops to discuss and agree findings from analysis.
• Work with the customer and the customer’s agents and suppliers to identify technical data required for courseware and media development and also external routes to obtain the data.
• Work with the systems engineering team to identify required levels of fidelity, accuracy and responsiveness and document this for the software engineering & modelling teams to implement.
• Configure operational parameters of simulators and emulators during development and testing phases.
• Identify where training methods and media currently in use in the Customer may be exploited to better develop and deliver the Programme’s courseware.
• Be ‘Responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement’.
• Any other duties required to complete the Simulation and Modelling function within the engineering dept.

Skills

Navy watchkeeping experience

Training/simulation practices

Electrical background

Simulator configuration

Agile development

Git version control

JSON/XML familiarity

Boat build crew knowledge

Tools

Git

JSON

XML

Job description

Country: United Kingdom
Location: Winnersh, Wokingham
Position: Hybrid Submarine Modelling & Simulation Engineer
Contract: Permanent

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave

Work Culture

37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements. Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early! Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role. Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year. Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.

About us

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence. As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers. With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development. Through advanced technology and our people’s expertise, our Training Transformation Services is modernising what’s possible in the training and preparation of our armed forces. With a real blended approach to learning and using the latest innovative systems and technology, we ensure our service men and women really are prepared for any situation.

Role & Responsibilities

The Marine Engineering Submarine Modelling and Simulation (MESM-SM) engineer is responsible for gathering the technical data to support the simulation and modelling teams work development programme. The MESM-SM will have suitable Knowledge, Skills and Behaviour and will understand the technical data required, the sources of that data and how to access that data. The MESM-SM will work with the software and systems engineering teams to identify technical data requirements for the development of Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) simulations. Having identified the data requirements, the Requirements Team SME will work with the software and systems engineering teams to ensure that models, algorithms, simulations and emulations are representative of real world systems to the level of fidelity required for a particular task.

Responsibilities

• Work as a member of the wider team responsible for the analysis, design, maintenance, review and production of DSAT Documentation & processes for our Customer’s training sites and organisations.
• Interviewing subject matter experts to collate required data, participate in internal workshops to discuss and agree findings from analysis.
• Work with the customer and the customer’s agents and suppliers to identify technical data required for courseware and media development and also external routes to obtain the data.
• Work with the systems engineering team to identify required levels of fidelity, accuracy and responsiveness and document this for the software engineering & modelling teams to implement.
• Configure operational parameters of simulators and emulators during development and testing phases.
• Identify where training methods and media currently in use in the Customer may be exploited to better develop and deliver the Programme’s courseware.
• Be ‘Responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement’.
• Any other duties required to complete the Simulation and Modelling function within the engineering dept.

Required experience

• Proven at sea experience as a Cat A or Cat B Nuclear watchkeeper.
• Desire to learn and apply best engineering practices with training/simulation environment.
• Desirable experience Electrical Background. Fwd ME duties.
• Experience of operating or configuring simulators for training purposes.
• Knowledge of Agile development processes.
• Experience of git-based version control systems.
• Familiarity with creating and editing structured documents such as JSON or XML Training requirements, design or delivery.
• Member of a Boat Build Crew DE&S/SDA.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.